Paring-machine.



B. C. COONS.

PARING MACHINE. APPucAloN HLED sEPT, 28, 1916. lgg@ Patented June 11,1918.

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BURTON C. COONS, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PARING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1i, i918..

To all @i1/tom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BURTON C. CooNs, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paring- Machines,of which the following is a specication.

The present invention relates to paring machines and more particularlyto the type in which the article to be pared is supported on a rotaryfork or other device and is acted upon by a knife which travels in acurved path while the fork is turning so that all portions of thearticle are caused to be operated upon by the knife, a machine of thiskind being disclosed in my prior Patent #1,168,788, dated January 18,1916.

In the use of such machine it has been found that the knife becomesclogged by parings and stems due to the collection of the latter in thenarrow space or throat be tween the blade and the guard and as aconsequence the action of the knife becomes defective and does notproperly pare the apples. Another` disadvantage of previous knives isthat the discharged parings in their fall are not controlled and asacon* sequence it is impossible to maintain them separated from the paredapples.

This invention has for an object to provide a construction in which theparing and the stems will not clog the knife, thus insuring a moreperfect paring action. Another object of the inventionV is to provide aknife that will direct the parings downwardly so that they will bedischarged to one side of the point of discharge of the lapples or otherpared articles.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of parts. andcombinations of parts, all of which 'will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings r- Figure 1 is a view showing the position of the knifeas it starts on its curved path, the corer and rotary supporting forkbeing also shown;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the knife;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the open side of the knife;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the knife on the open side; and

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the knife.

Referring more particularly to the draw* which are known in this art.The knife is y supported by a stein 3 which is moved in any suitableIna-nner to carry the knife in a curved path, as for instance in the manner shown in my prior patent previously mentioned.

The knife comprises a blade 4, and a guard 5 arranged in slightly spacedrelation to the blade and at a slight angle to the latter, both of saidelements being sup` ported by a head 6 which forms the feature of thisinvention. This head is so formed that a passageway is provided at oneside through which stems and parings may pass from one end of the blade.

In this embodiment of the invention, tnis head comprises a bladesupporting portion 7 and a guard supporting portion 8 connected togetherat one end in spaced relation by an end wall 9 and unconnected at theirother ends. The side wall 9 extends rearwardly from both the bladesupporting portion an d the guard supporting portion, and a deflector 10extends rearwardly and downwardly from the guard supporting portion topoint below the throat between the blade supporting portion and theguard supporting portion, said defiector 10 having one side ljoiningwith the side wall 9 and its other side converging toward said sidewall. A strengthening rib 1l may be provided along the lower edge of theblade supporting pon tion 7, this rib converging toward the free end ofthe blade supporting portion and hav ing its other end connected to theside wall 9. The form and the arrangement of the deiiector 10, the sidewall 9, and the blade supporting wall 8 are such that a chute isprovided which discharges the parings downwardly. This chute openslaterally so that parings and stems will not collect therein or in thespace between the knife and the guard. Although the blade support isonly supported at one end it connects with the end wall 9 in such amanner that great strength is secured.

The passageway for the parings and stems is preferably provided on thatside of the knife which coperates with the inner end of the fork 1. asthe stem end of the apple is usually placed on the fork first, leavingthe blossom end at the outer end of the fork.

It is also preferred to notch or recess the blade i at the side havingthe passageway and project the notched end of the-blade' beyond theblade support. This permits the blade to snugly fit about the forkWithits upper edge substantiallypin line with the uppermost line of thefork.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:n

l. In combination in a knife for paring machines, a head having a throatprovided with a mouth Which opens at one side of the head, thel openingin. said. side being'as Wide asgthe mouth, a guardi detachablysecuredsto the exterior of the head and projecting over the mouth, and ablade detachably secured exteriorly of the throat and projecting. overthe mouth, the guard and ltheblade extending to the open side of thehead.

2. In combination `with a :fo-rk on which the article to be' pared issupported, a knife movable a curved path from; the inner end to theouter end thereof, and comprisng a blade, a guard andi-a head supportingthe guard and the head having an opening in the side Which cooperateswith the inner end of the fork, through whichy opening the parings andstems may pass.`

3. The combination ina knife-for-paring machines, a head having a guardsupporting portion and a `blade supporting portion spaced apart betweentheir ends and also at one of their ends, the distance between the endsof said portions beingxat 'least' as great as any portion'between theirends; a flat guard secured to the guard supporting portion to overhanorsaid s ace and a iat blade secured to thef-blade `supporting portion tooverhang said space.

4:;In combination in a knife for paring machines, a head having a guardsupporting portion and a blade supporting' portion spacedfwafpat betweentheir ends and also at one of their ends, their other end beingconnected, a guardron. u ther guardi. supporting portion, anda bla-de ontheblade supporting portion@ projecting `slightly beyond'. they `rreeend of. saidA portion and. formed. with. a: notch to-it snuglyab'out'the forkfofla paringinachine:

5.. In Vcomlfii-n-ation- `in `a knife for paring machines, a headcomprising a guardi'supporting-portion, a blade Vsupporting portionspaced .from the guard supporting. portion between its ends', and alsoat one end',ay side wallconnectilng the 'other ends. of the guard andithe blade supporting. 1 portion andextending f rearwardly Vfrom said.lparts, and Aa detlectorextending s 1 rearwardly and forwardly fron-ntheguard supporting'"portion connected atvone side ofthesi'de Wall', a hatguard securedi to tl1e'guard supporting portion to1 oi-ferlrang thespace and extending at least to the/free endI .of thev supportingportion; and flat blade secured to the supporting, `portion "toVo\-erlra1i, g; the space and extend atleast to the free end' of f theblade supporting, portion.

BURTON 1C. COONS.4

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